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>> reporter: from their size -- >> general sherman is 275 feet tall. holy cow. >> reporter: -- to their longevity -- >> before ancient rome, before christ, i mean these trees were mature. >> reporter: -- much about giant sequoia trees is on a grand scale. with that distinctive red-brown bark covering their thick trunks, sequoia trees can only be found in california's sierra nevada mountains. >> this is a resilient tree. they are tough. almost nothing can kill them. >> reporter: but climate change is changing that. shrinking the giant sequoia's footprint. >> a giant sequoia that was first weake...

>> reporter: much about giant sequoia trees is on a grand scale. with that distinctive red/brown bark covering their thick trunks, sequoia trees can only be found in california's sierra nevada mountains. >> this is a resilient tree. they are tough. almost nothing can kill them. >> reporter: but climate change is changing that. shrinking the giant sequoia's footprint. >> a giant sequoia that was first weakened by drought was then subject to impacts by the bark beetle, which then further weakened the tree and potentially made it more susceptible to mortality from fire. >> reporter: the stag tree...